Variables

[Shnorky]

Hi everybody!

Trying to make a list of all the variables which might affect the therapy... What have your experiences been so far?
So far:
- Bed size
- Related to bed size: Sleeping position
- Bed softness
- Pillow height
- Food during the day (allergies)
- Last eating time
- Alcohol (even 1 beer 5h before sleeping will double my AHI)
- Altitude (yes, everybody is saying it shouldn't be playing a role, I've still notice huge differences for myself!)
- Sports
- Sleeping hygiene (time, regularity, 8h per night minimum for me)
- Mouth breathing

What are your thoughts? What's missing?

[Dog Slobber]

Let me quote palerider:

sometimes you have a really good night, and sometimes a .... less good night, without changing anything about cpap. the biggest, least controlled variable in all this, is you. the squidgy meatbag on the end of the hose.

[babydinosnoreless]

Medications

[Shnorky]

Good points both

[Muse-Inc]

Room too warm and/or too many blankets
Room too bright (lights/device LEDs)
Sounds (I sleep with fan running)

[CapnLoki]

Variables won’t; constants aren’t. - Osborn’s Law

[zonker]

Variables won’t; constants aren’t. - Osborn’s Law

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[Wulfman...]

Hi everybody!

Trying to make a list of all the variables which might affect the therapy... What have your experiences been so far?
So far:
- Bed size
- Related to bed size: Sleeping position
- Bed softness
- Pillow height
- Food during the day (allergies)
- Last eating time
- Alcohol (even 1 beer 5h before sleeping will double my AHI)
- Altitude (yes, everybody is saying it shouldn't be playing a role, I've still notice huge differences for myself!)
- Sports
- Sleeping hygiene (time, regularity, 8h per night minimum for me)
- Mouth breathing

What are your thoughts? What's missing?

If you're using a range of pressures, your whole night is a variable because your pressures may be changing based on many of those factors you have listed. Actually, some of those you have listed would be "constants" from night to night......like bed and pillow characteristics, alcohol intake (just don't consume any) and altitude.

From my perspective, the fewer "variables" I have, the easier it is to figure out what may or may not affect my numbers and to keep them in a narrower range.


Den

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[Goofproof]

Life is the Only Variable that Matters, Everything in it is a Variable Jim

[Shnorky]

Muse-Inc thank you, also good points. They're now on the list

The others, you're right of course. And that's what I'd like to get to, where most of what can influence the therapy will be as constant as possible, and as optimized towards a low AHI as possible. As I'm still a newb, and you are all experienced, you probably have more insight into things I don't even know about.